The Sun. — London, England, 1826-01-18 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, THE INDIO() TRADE. Ye; terdny being the day appointed for one of -the Quarterly IntNo S'a les of the East India Company, a very unusual occurrence took piece— an open rupture between the Trade and the Company. At 10 o'clock Mr. Ltsoss Y . , one of he Directors, entered the court, and took his scat, as Chairman of the day's stile. There • "Were' then - between 250 and "300 persons in at tentfanee; • - ,• • - • Mr. CH niBT TV, as soon as the ClWrman was seated, rose, ,aral begged leave to address him .urn important business can s siected with the day's proceedings. He stated that he was deputed - to talce,-this tame-. by the great body of the trade;- of which he was a member, for the purpose of putting the Chair man and the Gentlemen present in complete possession of what had been already done by the trade in 'contemplation of this sale, as well as the probable consequences which might ensue from it were it persisted in: A few weeks ago a meeting took place of those 'connected with the Indigo business, which was most numerously and respectably attended, and at which he had accidentally the honour of presiding. It was there unani mously resolved, that a respectful application should be made to the Court`of Directors of the East India Company, setting forth - the effect 'a the-recent shtick in the trading world, and. the great uncertainty which prevailed of there being adequate purchasers at this sale; entreating, at the same time, that for the sake of the trade, as well as of the interests of the CoM , patty, such sale sherd(' • be' postponed, until purchasers could assemble, under more favourable circumstances. Tins applica tion received immediate attention from the Directors, who, lioseeeer, kindly and candidly replied, that as the great bulk , of the salt: was composted of the goods of private traders; which were for a special purpose entrusted to their care, they could not, in fairness toWertle such parties, deprive them of the pro mised' oispertunity of finding a sale. The trade imme diately, knowing that only 600 : out of 6,000 chests of in digo allptted fur sale belonged to The East India Com pany, and that the rest Was the property of individvals, felt that the Company were only ecting in fairness to the interests intrusted to them, and therefore thought that it was only just to consult the parties upon the steps which it might be ad visable to take when their interests were involved: They (the trade) lost no time •in making the necessary application -to these parties for their concurrence in the postponement of the • sale; anti he was happy to say that Live-sixths, or nearer six, sevenths, not only concurred in the proposition, but coincided in the propriety• of the reasons which had led to the request, determining to withdraw their cheats if the Company did the carne. —(hear, hear I)—Thus armed with the assent of the owners of I,AOO chests of the indigo whiCh was intended to be sold at this sale, they again by memorial addressed the Court cef Directors, the arties whose property was thus involved, re epectfullY requir ing the postponement, under ',circumetances . which gave every hope that so reasonable a request would be complied with. Unfortunately, this general anticipation . was not in the end realized, although the great bulk of their country enstotnerii acting upon it, had refrained from coming to town. The sale was nevertheless ordered during the Christmas holy. days, and nt a time which only allowed 13 days to Christians, and 11 days to Jews, for the inspection of 6,000 chests of an ankle more than any other reqeired cloee and accurate examina tion ; and this, too, in the most inclement state of weather, and in some days (like Methday) which rendered it absolutely impossible to perform any inspection whatever. It would be an insult to their understandings tfi suppose that, placed in such a situa tion, they had a fair, or shy thing like a fair opportunity of making that selection and discrimination which were allowed in the honest dealings of man and man.--(Hear, hear I)—And it was therefore under this new circumst a n ce (t he want of proper time), that he now again, on the art fof the body to which he belonged, begged l ea ve respectfully to submit to the chairman that this sale ought not now to proceed. No man, surely, could be reasonably suspected to buy what he was denied the oppor tunity of seeing. He deplored haste in commercial transac tions, and he really submitted to. the East India Company, whether it would not be more creditable to them, under such circommtences, to postpone this sale to an opportunity more fair and just for all parties.---( hear, hear !) • T he CHAIRMAN, replied, that if he understood rightly the 'Worth „G en tl ema n's reasons for pOMpOnenicnt, they ware founded, first upon the recent pecuniary emberrassments which lied been so notorious ; and next. ; upon the inclement state of the weather.. Now, if he could ensure theneat a future period from a recurrence of either of these impediments, and positively assure them months hence •of better times, then. perhaps it vouhl he advisable to comply with his request ; but as any such indemnity was impo ss ibl e , n o b o dy b e i ng gifte d with the power of divination, for what real nee would be the postponement ?Chere could certainly be no .difficulty lei allowing any gentle.. roan who pleased to withdraw his goods from the eta, but when they saw that 1,500 chests were e actually taxed, and left fbr disposal, how could th e Company'` from discharging the dutrwhieh had . devolved upon them ?. If there were, no limns, of course there could be no sell e rs ; those who had not looked at the chests were no t r equ i re d 'to become purchasers; but the last India Company were, under the present circum stance, imperatiVely called upon to sell die articles placed under their care for disposal. • • CI A 1 E 'odd. t h at of. course the trade could not for a moment mean to interfere with the indivichtetrighti of such Owners as Wished to sell at present.. ilu t he Wail 'anxious. to .know, if it was the determination.of the East , lndia!Company to persevere in selling their own 600 chests, under all these cir cumstances, and being in full possession of the u n animous feel: kilt of the trade.--(['earl). The CHAIRMAN replied, that the regular coarse was to.call over the list, in the order he which the numbers were placed for tile, and then it would be seen what were,,and. what were not, tkithdrawn. u;h o cp t esiionwra repeated frotn another part of the Court, but the Chairtnan took no:further notice of the interrogatory. A pause then ensued, and the clerk appointed to put up the citeKts for sale, named the first lot, and the taxed price annexed. twit. The owner ortheint immediately came 'forward, and said, that after the statetnent Made on the part of the trade, he could not think of pressing his chests to a sale, co nt rar y t o the feelings and judgment of the parties who were present..-4A cry of Hear," and 4 ! , Bravo.") The first lot was then declared to be withdrawn. A Gentleman then stud, that perhaps the Chairman did not ' , tab, to set the example of withdra w i ng any t hi ng from the poltlic sale but now that be saw the private trader ready to do so, he trusted that he would no longer feel any delicacy in corn. rounicating the intentions of the Court of Directors respecting their own chests. In f a ct, turd they or had they not determined to persevere in selling them et this day's sale?--hear, hear I) The Chairman Again remained silent: ' Several gentlemen here declared , that It was unbecoming to wit!dtuld an answer to a plain questiOn pointedly put, and tint the reply could not at all afFect the interests of the Com rtty ; hut the clerk was directed to proceed in a regular man. na, according to the order of sale. Fuitacu. Os we understood), a dyer, "frOm Frame, stol, that he had come'on purpbse from the west Of England to mate parchases at this sale, and that neither he, nor those around him jn the country, were apprised of any intention of pestponement. ft would be, therefore, a great inconvenience If they were deprived of the opportunity of buying on this oc aa.sion. • The Citantstott said, that as long as an arti;:le remained on sale. end a purchaser could he found for it, it was imperative op the Court to sell. What had fallen from the Gentleman will last spoke, chewed the propriety of proceeding to a sale. Saveral persons sail, that the interests of individuals ought . to give way to the general convenience; and that the person Who lout just spoken, 41111 his friends, were not such large con sumers 44 to outweigh the interesta of the body. A gentleman came forward and said that he had the super intendence of 000 chests, and 'Would do whatever the East India Company were prepared tu, do with theirs.—Wear, heart) • . Still no answer from the Chairman, and the Clerk d p . rocee et to call over the:list for sale, amid the whistling and interrup. thil of the tiniethip when he came down at whistling to the East jorlia Company's chests. the Cumnstax said, " that after what had passed in the pommittem of Warehouses, unless he received farther instruc. done, which he did not expect, the CoMpany's sale Must go on, •if parchanrs were forthconiing. Of course, if there were no bidders, there Could lie no sale. Several gentlemen here exclaimed against the sale portico. laxly Mr. Pahner, Mr. Dana (of the firm of Deem, 'Farquhar .lind Ca.), Mr. lnnes (of the firm of trines, Puirley, Boner, and Co.) They declared that no time had been allowed to them to examine the indigo,' and many complained of the berality and precipitancy °fetich an unusual step on the part of the East India Company. Mr. BAZETT particularly requested the Chairman not to take upon himself the responsibility of precipitating a sale under sub circurnxtances, but to retire and consult the Chair. may of the Court of Director* on the occasion. Citftivrts reiterated this request, and said that the Company's own warder intere4 was involved in the result, far every bo d y k new the trade need not come to the East India ouse ,to buy indigo. The private trader could sell it where he And it ought not to been! interest of the Company to'dis. Asi-age his brit gin g his goods to their sale. Cnattiatax said that he would certainly obey their de. wire of retiring to et,nsuit the superior authorities.—(Hear, hear !) After a -short time had elapsed, the eitarnstaw.returned, and said' that he had to trespass upon the patiente of the meet ing a little longer, as neither Chairman nor Deputy Chairman of ,the Court of Directors had yet arrived, though they were every minute ..expected. He would lose no time in commu nicating their decisiOn - after he had access them. Ile again withdrew. After an interval of nearly ar. hour he returned, and said, that he had accurately and impartially communicated to the Chairman of the Court of Directors, as well as those of the Committees, all that bad passed before him in the morning ; and their decision, after full deliberation, was, that the sale must proceed. He had therefore only the one course now to pursue, which. was to direct the sale, to proceed.-4 Cries of Shame.) The gentleman Who had withdrawn the'. first lot now stepped forward, and said he had been induced to do so in the exp',xta. tion, that as the Company professeTto be acting for other inte rests, they would, when they found the predominating weight of' those interests opposed to a sale, have yielded, and withheld their own : as, however, upon deliberation, they had declined doing so, he &aved permission to replace his lot on the list-for tale, and fare as others did. The CHAIRMAN said, that in his Conversation with the chairs this subject had nit clumped. him, and the decision he was de sired to announce was, that the Court could not permit those who had withdrawn their numbers to replace them on the list. This decision led to great murmuring through the crowd, and several gentlemen complained, that in addition to the ge general features of this transaction, there was particular unfair ness in the refusal to allow those who had .withdrawn, in cour tesy to the general opinion, and in the expectation that the Ewa India Company would follow the example, to roplace their numbers on the list. 'Mr. Joitatsorr was particularly severe on the Chairman, and said that his conduct, to say the least of it, was unfair and equivocal. He insisted that such a body as the East India Company ought to • have, in the general spirit of their past dealings with traders, at once,' and unhesitatingly stated the course they meant to adapt, and. then individuals would have known how to act. lie could, however, assure them they would gain nothing by the withdrawing of rivals in the indigo sale, for the trade were determined to withdraw, and th e sa l e would only be a mock form—(Hear !) The CHAIRMAN disclaimed any unfairness. He said the Company meant to act with uprightness in the guardianship of all the interests which were committed to their care : they had, long since pledged themselves to the public for a quarterly sale, and they were only redeeming their . promise. At the same time he insisted it was obvious no interests whatever would sutler by this course. Those who had not time (as they said) to examine the articles, were not called upon to bey ; and. those who said they had, and were present, ought to be allow. ed the opportunity of making their purchases. The Clerkseveral times attempted to read the sale lists, but was interrupted by the contusion in the Court, and the partial discussion among private circles of individuals, many of whom were occasionally pressing interrogatories upon the Chair. man, in the spirit of those already put, which he either an swered'in the like manner, or passed unnoticed. The parties who had withdrawn their lots were then required to put in written 'statements to that effect—a form which occu pied some time, and the sale which followed was necessarily - of a circumscribed nature (as our informant was told, for he heard himself no bidding) all the principal dealers having withdrawn when the lots were put up : a few foreigners and country dealers remained during the day. When the sale re commenced, Mr. Lindsay withdrew from the chair, after he announced the intention of the Chairman and Deputy, and he was succeeded by Mr. Wm. Wigram. THE ARMY. INDIA. Head-quarters, Calcutta, July 27. GENERAL ORDER. His MAJCSTY has been pleased to appoint Major.Gencral .I.AOPER N1C11014.8, C.D. to the Stafrot the Army serving in the East Indies, vie& Major-General Sewell, who has resigned. By order of his Excellency the CAmmander-in-Chief. THOMAS Mi.MAIION, Col. A.G. THE OFF-RECKONING FUND. ' Fort William, July 29, 1825. The Governor-General in Council is phased to direct, that the following Extract of a General Letter from the Iformur.khlo: the Court of Directors, in the Military Departmert, um'er date the 23d March, 1825, be published in General Orders " Para. 2 With reference to our orders, on the futura cession of Officers to the benefit of the Off-reckoning Fund, we find it necessary to direct, that the amount of the annual udvance to be made to Officers, who may succeed to Half Shires between the Ist May, 1024. and theist May, 1820, shall be the ' , tone na they would have received on the old system,' laarriLly, 543/. from the Fund, so long as they would have continued on the Junior hist, and that 750/. shall be the amount of the advance from the date when they would have passed through this LW; or this last advance, 400/. is to be made by the Fund, and 3501. from our Treasury. " 3. Those who succeed to Half Shares after the lit 1826, and who will not be entitled to the benefits of Compensa tion for the difference between half and a full share, are to re ceive an advance from the Fund at the rate of 4001. per nun. " IVA!. CASEM ENT, Lieut.-Colonel, " Secretary to Govt. Military Dept." The Ist and 2d Divisions of the 2d Battalion Of the Rifle Brigade embatked, on the 10th instant, on board the Cato and Iriliilie transports, and the 3d Division of the same corps cm. barked, on the 11th instant; on board the Sovereign transport at'Cork, for Malta. A Detachment, consisting of Officers and Privates belonging to •different Regiments in the- West Iniies, embarked on the 15th instant, at Cowes, for the purpose of joining their respec. tive Corps. ' • The Ist .Division of the Depot of the OM Regiment of In fantry bits arrived, on board the Zephyr transport, at Chatham, from Tynetnou ' From Last Night's Gaz ETTE. Office of Ordnance Jan. 14, 182 1 1. Corps of Royal Sappers and kiners—Second Captain Edw. Matton, of the Corps of Royal Engineers, to be Adjutant, vice Jones, who resigns the Adjutantey. INDEPENDENT GAN COMPANY:—. Yefitorday a few persona attended at Garraway's, in consequence of a notice that several of the Share* in the Independent (sea Company were to be sold by auction, by Mr. MU SG ROV E. fl :.alp was expected to take place at one o'clock. About ten to hires after that hour Mr. Musgrove entered the room, and informed the cold assembly that be ought to apologise to them for Mit l Aping advertimesl whet bad thicen place with respect to the Shares, Of the sale of which he had given notice for that day ; but he really had not an opportunity. The fact was, the Gas Shares hail been said the day before,—( A laugh.)—One of the meeting—You may lock the box, Mr. 3 1uigrove....41r. Ai us- G nov E-4 am sorry if any (lentlernan is disitppointki, but it was impossible for me to give notice of the sale that ham taken place.—The Gentlemen who were in attendance then walked away laughing. VIGO BAY SCrivnt:.---The following, relative to the above scheme, is from the courier Francais :—" If the details transmitted by our Correspondent from Spain be correct, as we have reason to believe they are, they will produce as much disappointment to' the shareholders of i the Vigo Bay Company in' England as to the Spanish Government. :according to, let. ters lately received from that city, the parties engaged in there. searches in Vigo Bay have lost all hopes of recovering the Money sunk in the galleons. is appears, that the undertaking was commenced a little too hastily on the faith of the representations of William Cox and some others, But, after some attempts, suspicions were excited that these representations were not exactly correct ; and recently a manuscript has been found at Vigo, which has dissipated what trifling hope remained. This manuscript, which is written with no elegance of style, but which bears the stamp of truth, is said to be the production of a mere mechanic, a joiner, who was an eye witness of the battle between the English fleet and the Spanish squadron. He relates, that the Spanish Adtniral, finding himself attacked by the English at the very entrance of the port, landed all the money he had on board the galleons, and ordered it to be conveyed in waggons into the interior of the country. After having taking this precaution, he set. fire to the galleons, to prevent t h em from falling into the hands of the English. They, however, having learned the direction in which the trea sure was going, made a descent at liedondela, attacked the escort, and captured the greater part of it, the rest was pillaged by the peasantry in the neighbourhood, who were drawn to the spot by the ex p ectat i on o f b oot y. Our Correspondent adds to these details, that the manuscript in question has appeared so important and authentic, that the Government has officially demanded it from the Authorities at Vigo." ETYMOLOGY or Til it Won n EYE.-- The Jewisb Doctors have a curious fable cqncerning the etymology of the word Eve. " Eve," say they, " comes from a word wlnth signifies to talk ; and s h e was so called, because, soon after the Creation, there fell from Heaven twelve baskets full , of chit chit, and she picked up tine'of thetn, while poor Adam picked up the other three." me, see our Fourth Page. • w ' Far LITERARY Na P4tICE OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock.. .•• 3 per Cent. fled. 3 per Cent. Cont. 794 i (I tv 31 per Cent B9 81 Ditto Red Blla 4'per Ct. New 96i n 63 ex di v Bank Long Ann.... 20 1-16 India Stock Ditto Bond._ South Sou Stock PRICES tir EciltEit;s. Austrian this, 5 per cent—. Brazilian Ms 11125 : Scrip Buenos Ayres lids 74i Ilds per cent.... Colombian ads Do. do. 1824 ... 57.6. 7} 7 Danish, per cent. Do. 1825 - (=reek lids Do. 1825 Guatimala Mexican 11ds Do. 1885 . 644 3i 41 4 4594 t V AT ONE o'cLocK. Ohl it nn miles N'ilw Ditto . Ex. Bills lOW. lid. 3 1 dis. Ditto,soll/. 1id.... 1 dis. 1 pm. Ditto Stnalli id. Ditto Advertised —.4.4:4, 7 - Bank for Acct. India for Acct. Cons. for Acct. • NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. II 1 exican- Scrip Neapolitan, 1824 Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian Bonds - 42 Do. Scrip Portuguese Bonds Prusmiatt; 5 per cent. Ditto New - Russian, New, 5 per cr. 811 Spanish 1021, b pet et.... 124 1823 .................. French Renter, bp. c. Exchlihge —f. __c. -- --3 }►, c. 76c. Exclwlge 2.51. 20c. PRICES OF SII LIES AT ONI; O'CLOCK. Brazilian Mining Comp an y Pdr Share. ................. Castello And Espirito Santo Brazil Mining Company 3a 3 4 Pasco Peruvian Mining Company ..................... 2i 2 Potosi La Paz and Pernvian AsSociution British Ro c k a nd P atent Sa l t Company ............ 7i Devon llaytor Granite Company .... . ............. . . General Steam Navigation Company ..... .. ..................... 3/ Provincial Bank o f I re l an d 761 FOREIGN MAILs. vui)... Dn r . Guernsey and Arley -Anui 0 1 Oottcnburgli - - 0 1 If atnimtrgli - - - 0 2 Holland - - 0 2 ALtita - - - 9 1 Awerica - . - 0 I 1111111 IVA'l'Elt AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. ilarning, 59 minutes after 9. j Evenit:, 33 mina ten after 10. r-i , UN. SO ARM QUIS DICER'S F.ALSUM 4110.8.4 T, LONDON, JVED NESDA Y EVENING, JANUARY 13, 11328. It is currently reported in the higher political circles, that Marquis WELLESLEY will revisit India, in his former capacity of Governor Gene ral. Lord Brurror. is ttlentioned as lay Lord ship's successor in the Viceroyalty of Ireland. Sir FREDERICK AD tt 15 reported to be on his return to thii Coqutry. The Duke of WELLINGTON IS said to be pre yaring for St... Petersburgh, on a mission of con grattilatioti to the Emperor NICHOLAS. We have received the , Eloile of yesterday, which contains the following communication from Warsaw, which ina,s! .. ,be tpicen as setting the quell tion of the Succession to tho Throne of Russia, at rest : (From the Doile of yesterday. PARTS, JAN. 16. Official advicei were yesterday received front:Warsaw, dated January 1, at eight in the morning, statingthe arrival of a Courier in that City, bringing the decision on the important question of the succession to the Throne—which is, that the Grand Duke Nicholas has accepted the Crown, Lind been' proclaimed Em. peror of Russia and King of Poland. The Grand Duke Con. gamine immediately convoked his Court, and in the presence of the Princess7of 14oewietz, his consort, and several Generals, read the ukase of the new Emperor. whit a loud voice, and con. chided by crying—" Hurrah! Long live my beloved brother the EMperor Nicholas the First—my gracious Emperor and !Th,sier."—(Austrian Observsr.) JAN. 6. The regiment of Moscow, which refussd to take the oath, is the old regiment of Lithuania. Formed by the Grand Duke Constantine, it was extremely attached to that Prince, and on' bie being proclaimed 4mperor, manifested, the most lively joy. It is esteemed one of the best regiments in the Russian service, and had constantly distinguished itself during the last war. As a recompence for its gallantry it had been intended that it .should form part of the young guard. It appears that the plague is committing great ravages in I.loldavia and Wallachia. The infection appears to have been introduced at Jassy by a Moldavian from Tokschan. The person who killed General Aliloradowitsch has been ar. rested —his name is (loolofr. The only 'person at. St. Petersburgh, bearing the title of Prince, amongst the officers -arrested at St. Petersburg!), is Tronbetshoi. General Koutousoif, who has been nominated Governor or Petersbttrgh, commands the corps of Cadets. The man who wounded General Sehanschin is also arrested—his name is Abalinski. By the arrival of the .New York packet ship, Capt. BENNXTT, at Liverpool, wehave recei ve d United Siatei' Papers to the 17th inclusive.— We derive no political ititelli,gence of interest by the receipt of tliv3e. -Journals, but their contents are of some interest as regards the general state of the Union. The reception of the President's Message has not been univer. sally favourable, although by a great ma jority it appears to have given much satisfaction. The reception of this communication by Con. gross we have yet to learn. - - The excess of Re. venue, Stated in the Message, appears to have excited an opinion, that the duties on seve ra l loforeignbe e , re a d rt u ic ce le d. s of daily consumption, ought Complaint is already made of the injurious effect produced by the stnug gliog tea into the United States, which hactferes ma terially switli the speculations of American Merchants In the China Market. Copious extracts from various United States' Journals will found in oursuhsequent columns. There tsar an arrival this morning of German Papers, but it will be seen by our evtracts, that they contain no intelligence either from Warsaw or St. Petersburgh FRANKFORT, JAN. 10. ( From the Oriental Spectator.) S3l1 -1121 A, DEC.!. On the 7th November we had the satisfaction to see for the first time a Sardinian frigate and brig enter our port, being part of the division which is to be stationed in the Levant. The Sardinian Consul, Who is to reside here, is expected shortly, on board a corvette. The Turkish flotilla .of Selo has just cleared these seas of 20 piratical vessels. The pirates having vueeee&d in seizing on three Turks belonging to the island, had sent a Greek to the relations of the Turks to acquaint them with the circumstances, to fix the ransom to be paid, and to de clare, that in case of refusal they woUldmassacre the 3 prisoners. One of the relations went and informed the Pacha, who took his measures so well that the expedition which he commanded had all the success that could be desired. On the sth of Nov. the Pacha being informed that 21 Greek' vessels, large and small, were anchored in a creek of Scio, op posite to Ipsara, immediately sent out his flotilla, consisting of a schooner and five mistics. It arrived off the creek before day break, and immediately brought its artillery to bear on the Greek vessels, which sunk 2 mistics and burnt 3. The pirates took flight and escaped into the mountains. The flotilla returned to the port of Scio, and brought with it the other 16 mistics which it had taken. The Paella rewarded dug Turkish captains investing them With a Captain, and without loss of time sent in pursuit of the pirates, wliO •had sought refuge on shore. A bddy of troops met with them, killed 5, and made 22 prisoners, whom it brought back to Scio. - • . Zuntcft, DEC. SI. The first interrogatories of the two Counsellors of Lucerne have taken place; that of M. Pylfer on 'the 27th, and that of M. Conagioni on the 28th. A serious indisposition of the Se cretary of the Commission, and the' festivities of the new year, will cause a short interruption. It is not true that an indivi dual; ithplicated in these - proceedings, has arrived, or is ex pected, from Holland ; but a Swiss soldier, in the service of the Netherlands, will be interrogated there on some circumstances relative to tkose proceedings with which he is acqUainted. JAN. 8. It will be recollected, that on the 28th September last . year, the Hamburgll slOp Louisa was captured near Lisbon by a Tiii.litan corsair, and carried into Tripoli. A letter from Capt. P. He!sell, dated Malta, Nov. 30, states, that he has been set at liberty with his whole crew, and has arrived at Malta on board the English frigate Beringapaturn; but the ship and the whole cargo have been declared a good prize. PitEsnlnto, DEC. SO. By a resolution of the 28111 of this month, the Emperor has given to our city a flattering mark of his goodness. His Ma jolty has made us a present of the bridge of boats ,eracted in September at the expense of the treasury, for the duration of the present Diet. This.concession is not only an ornament to our city, but a lasting monument which will-be dear to all the inhabitunia of the favour and' kindness Of his Majesty.— (Frankfurt Papers, Jan. 11.) • __ VIENNA, JAN. 6. As our Paper is going to press, we have not yet received the Paris - Paperi of the and 28th ult., nor have we any Papers from Stuttgard to Augsburg and Munich, so that two Paris Mails are now due. JAN. 5-51etalliques, 923.32—8ank Shares, 1174—(4us trian Observer, Jan. O.) The Austrian Observer has no accounts front , Poland or Ituksia. A I.IOSHURG, JAN.• I. The Allionrine Zeitung of this date has no further accounts from 'Poland or Russia—it only gives from the Berlin Papers part of the official 'documents from St. Petersbargh. A letter by the French Mail yesterday says, c( 13e prepared to receive the news of VI LLELE having retired from office." Letters . received from Valparaiso, Elated 2ed September, state that his Majesty's ship Tamar was to sail. in a few days for Rio Janeirt, and England. She had specie on board for the Eng lish merchants to a very considerable amount. Yes erday a Board of the Lords of the Trea sury was held in the Treasury Chambers. , According to intelligence from different parts of Russia, the public opinion is strongly pro• flounced in favour of the Greeks. At the "k" bration of the laitfete of St. Alexander NewskY s it is said, that at the moment when the Archi mandrite, a prelate upwards of an hundred years old, Was going `to proneunce the benedic. tion, h e fi xe d hi s eyes upon the Emperor A LEX . Alsnen, who was present, and lifting up his hand towards the cross, exclaimed, in a tone of , re proach, It is trodden under foot by infidels, and finds no avengers." These words seemed deeply to affect Alexander; they produced au astonishing effect upon the auditory, and were re- peated throughout the Empire. It was a few days after this that the Emperor set out on his journey.—(Galignuni's Messenger.) EXECUTION IN FaANC E.— A . youiig man, named Fouragnan, was executed at Audi', on the 31st Ult., for the murder of a servant girl. He was attended at his last moments by an Ecclesiastic, who, just before the fatal stroke, thus addressed the assembled multitude Fathers, and 1110- there, behold a great lesson for yourselves, and a terrible example for your children ! Young people of Audi, approach and look ! What a spectacle is this before your eyes ! Here is / 1 young man, only twenty-seven years of age, who terminates the year by a tragical death. if his sufferings strike you with ter- Tor, fly from debauchery, fly from evil cam— puny, listen to your spiritual Pastors, attend' the Sacraments, and you will then Jive like blameless citizens; practise your religious duties, ,and you will die like hapity,Ctiristians• practise the religion of St. Charles, and you will never perish on u. scaffold. My brethren,, the unhappy sufferer charges me to conjure you to repeat with me a Paternoster, to the end, that receive his soul,"--These words Jesuswe were t;lrisfollowed it may it general and s p ontaneous by movement of the crowd. All the people at once knelt down, and the ,culprit received the fatal stroke amidst, the prayers and tears of the imm burs present. THE FUNDS. Consols---Yesterday closed After the Close stL4 ......-... This morning opened Consols opened this morning, at the closing price of yesterday, 8148--and for February Ac count 8l Y. There has been verylittle business, except il' ma king up accounts. At one o'clock, the quotitiou was 81 ; :l for to-morrow-_81.8,, for February. The CoMmissioners took Consols to-day at 80 e.r. Bank Stock India Bond. - . lisoleguer Bilis, .01000-3 1 dis. - 4 250f1-3 1 4 L 7;.:. .ElOO-1 dis. I pm. 215. - I; (`[it• ~' ~.~ t , -7 9 i. 801- tti - 3 per Cent. Console, ex. div. 3 per Cent. Reduced - - New 4 per Cent. ex dlr. . B,i per Cent. Reduced FOREIGN. South American Securities continue to decline, Money Sales have dropp e d, C o l om bian Ik. t o P Mexican, too, there have been some money lra" actions. Colombian 57, Mexican, 6 per Cent' 64, Buenos Ayres 7,11, Peruvian 42, Brazil 64 Danialts9l, Spanish B'2l, Russian Bonds B'2. SHARES. hitherto there is no appearance of resin! this.market. 4 PART `2. Consols remain 811 u for to-morrow, and fo r February, 81. i. One Broker his bought for net account to' day -100,600—but it is not impossible that other parties have been selling for this Operator. rao,r.—At the Shropshire and Staffordsh! te llron -masters' quarter-days, last week, the Pr of iron was gen e rally a d vance d 10 s . ; or, m at ; correctly, the advance of 10s. agreed to ti t numerous meeting of th e T ra d e , at W o lverhster ton, in Novemb er last, was confirmed. it ic t 3, 1 , proposed to a d vance it IL per ton, bu t i nt proposition was negatived f and under Pr ele. ' w circumstances, and the remunerating prices / „' Q i d obtained, the permanent interest of th e "' ea , is certainly best consulted by limiting advance. No. 1 melting pigs are adv''tit 10s. per ton additional. The trade has bee" w io slightly a ff ected by the recent 44 ot the money market, and but few • insigetP' , faiures have occurred in consequence. Th e a, mand of the consum ers h as. not b een diming e 4 and a considerable export a ti on h as taken P l d during the last quarter. Although the mak e it iron will p ro b a bly b e i ncrease d i n t h e pre" e t.'l year, by the completion of many new works publiC companiei now forming, yet, looking ba r i to the p rogress i ve i ncrease of the d emand s'" eonsumption, iris not probable that Ow ilicTre e a t i supply ‘‘lll - IbigiVi• - ttre . price. The failure " Birmingham Bank of Messrs. Cibbins, and. Goode, whose notes had a consideri lm l , circulation. in St a ff or d s hi re , among the works and collieries, temporarily inconv eu enced some of the m a st ers , and caused ° uch severe loss to many of the labouring ° le to bear h. This great staple trade, bowe l held their smaller n o t e s, and who were leasts li r : 11)000 but 'sllehtly affected by the recent CO' vulsion and sca rcity of cash, in common with t‘ e whole mercantile community, c ons id er Minisfr l ri bound to introduce into Parliam en t suc h legisf,, tive measures as will enable an Englishma n calculate, with some d egree o f certainty, on Ite value of his. property, an d t h e means of Putirctri ally meeting com merc i a l engageme nts.-vso -continues at its f ormer hi g h price, and the reseit severity of the weather will doubtless maintni" CoURT of 0 111 ' ALDERMEN...-.YeStprtiey (Ise MAYOR held a Co urt o f Aldermen tit Guildhall, for_gificer, pose of hearing the several appeals a ga i nst serving Wilw to which persons had 'been elected on St. Thomas's day 1M WILLTA3I BoLLAND, E sq . one of the common P...„."-0 of this city, att en d e d, an d nioved the Court to direct ) - i - a lso to be issued for empannelling juries to assess the Flt , of sundry premises wanted for the purpose of the ne vi t rt market, which was complied with, and a Mayor's Cell r o ,- , appointed to be held on the 9th of February for the tb The thanks of the Court were unanimously 'WWI ;OD Rev. R. C. Dillon, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor, for thee-oloi. preached by him at St. Lawrence Church on Plough et list; The Court referred the presentments of the DIV l the several Ward s to t h e Aldermen thereof, to give the r directions ; and th o s e part i es who were presented for cl 3 4; l o te. on trade, not being tr ee o f t h e c i ty, were referred to the . ,ore e bcrlain. Precept s f or li cens i ng victuallers within the 012ated directed to be issued as usual, and the 7th of March stPri - n eie for the purpos e . Th e C ourt was occupied a considerabl e n P ro of hearing and determining appeals against serving the constables and inquestmen. Several pertions were adieqt litt er!, sworn into the office of broker ; anti othersallowed to be 0 ".. 1 . 1 00 0 and some on their petitions discharged from that ounce. t' l lre tif were granted towel-undertakers. A Woman of Sc. Aler!', 110', Westminster, was admitted an out pensioner of Emit:lo'4o o { pits) and a boy of that parish, and another of the St. John, were admitted into the school at the Hospital' soul:lllleiastt.P2aBm..veuesstsellonE:iii:::bse; 7:::11.1:11 31. t fn e : l : p i t;;* was spoken with Ott tile , 251 k _ Oc tobe r , pa A rtm f e e t w it d o a r ys t a a go m a , t ar C eh h e a:e7 a u arrived from Penang.' sermon against the Coratitutionnel newspail and vehemently exhorted his flock not to re _, it, declaring to thew in express terms that it 07 edited by twelve blackguards (polissons). ti AriAltht or FlRE.—This morning betwenlY l ,, and 12 o'clock, a fire broke out in the kitel y C Sa t:r i e ", pr il e i ac ti rs clij:' chimney at,the extensive Fire Eng ine Manur aGt° of Messrs. Tilley, and Co., in ° l.3lackfrialsl o , The volumes of smoke burst forth from the " 0 4 ney flue with such impetuosity, that in a o f t minutes a crowd of persons were collected on.si,, n spot.. A number of firemen however soo r ived, as did the parish engines of Christ,chur's and by: the active exertions of the men emPi a l o , at Mr. Tilley's factory, the fire was speediti Onguillied without doing any material damage' !OF. I